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entwisi · 24-03-2005, 08:37

Correct, it is called phishing. They seem to come from companies liek eBay, PayPal, Barclays, and others.

I work at Barclays about 20 yds from the Online banking team so I'll mention it to them directly.

If you ever get one of these never click a link. Infact I would go so far as saying never click a link in an email. type the web address yourself as you are then sure it is the proper site. Also all financial data should be on SSL encrypted pages. You should see a padlock in teh bottom of the browser and the address should start https://

24-03-2005, 08:37	#4
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4389	Re: Barclays Virus!! Correct, it is called phishing. They seem to come from companies liek eBay, PayPal, Barclays, and others. I work at Barclays about 20 yds from the Online banking team so I'll mention it to them directly. If you ever get one of these never click a link. Infact I would go so far as saying never click a link in an email. type the web address yourself as you are then sure it is the proper site. Also all financial data should be on SSL encrypted pages. You should see a padlock in teh bottom of the browser and the address should start https://